The International Day of Forests is marked annually on March 21 to celebrate all types of forests and create awareness about the important part they play in every living being's life.

This year's theme for the day is: “Forest restoration: a path to recovery and well-being.”

International Day of Forests was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2012. Since then, millions of people across the globe celebrate this day by raising awareness about conserving forests.

Here are some inspirational quotes, courtesy walkmyworld.com, to share with all nature lovers:

1. “And into the forest I go to lose my mind and find my soul.” - John Muir

2. “Gold is a luxury. Trees are necessities. Man can live and thrive without gold, but we cannot survive without trees.” - Paul Bamikole

3. “A grove of giant redwoods or sequoias should be kept just as we keep a great or beautiful cathedral.” - Theodore Roosevelt

4. “Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.” - Hal Borland

5. “I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than the trees.” - Henry David Thoreau

6. “In some mysterious way woods have never seemed to me to be static things. In physical terms, I move through them; yet in metaphysical ones, they seem to move through me.” - John Fowles

7. “Come to the woods, for here is rest. There is no repose like that of the green deep woods. Sleep in forgetfulness of all ill.” - John Muir

8. “It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men’s hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.” - Robert Louis Stevenson

9. “For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver.” - Martin Luther King Jr.

10. “The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.” - John Muir

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